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analyze, dissect, break down mean to divide a complex whole into its parts or elements. analyze suggests separating or distinguishing the component parts of something (such as a substance, a process, a situation) so as to discover its true nature or inner relationships.
analyzed the collected data dissect suggests a searching analysis by laying bare parts or pieces for individual scrutiny.
commentators dissected every word of the speech break down implies a reducing to simpler parts or divisions.
break down the budget

Examples of dissect in a Sentence

We dissected a frog in science class.
She dissected each point of his argument.
We dissected the poem in class.
The city is dissected by a network of highways.

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Medical Definition of dissect

: to cut so as to separate into pieces or to expose the several parts of (as an animal or a cadaver) for scientific examinationspecifically: to separate or follow along natural lines of cleavage (as through connective tissue) dissect out the regional lymph nodes a dissecting aneurysm